Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-23
STAMPED OUT.
Kentucky DesperadOes At
tackled by Officers.
DESPERATE RESISTANCE.
After a Combat Lasting Two Hours
They Essay to Escape, but
are Shot Down.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. /.
LOUISVILLE, June % TO Kentucky
shame, in the la less county of Rowan,
was this morning enacted what will. be-
yond doubt, prove the final chapter in
the bloodiest mountain vendetta known
in the history of the State. TIE culmi-
nation was reached in the tragic end Of
four desperate mon, who forfeited their
lives while resisting the mandates of the
law. After the destruction of thousands
OF dollars worth of property, and up to
this writing, the loas of twenty .one lives
during the two years Of the continuance
of,the feud Rowan county can now
return to peace and prosperity.
A special to the Courier journal
from Lexington gives the following &C.
count OF the fight: The news from
Rowan county is of a most exciting
kind, as it appears to be an indi putsbIe
fact that Craig Tolliver is killed and his
gang dismembered forever. Sheriff
Hogg, presumably acting under instruc-
tions from the State authorities. has
been for about week quietly organizing
very large posse of determined men in
the upper part of Rowan aud in adioiu-
ing counties for the purpose OF arressinQ
Tolliver and all the parties who were
Implicated in the murder of the Logan
boys some two weeks ago.
Tolliver aud ais party, consisting OF
ten men, were quite vigilant and went
heavily armed to meet every eastbound
train at the depot to search sus spicious
characters aud to see that no one got of
at Morehead but those whom thew de-
sired. Sheriff Hogg equipped his large
party with Winchester rif ss and amnu-
milton and was secretly conveyed to the
rendezvous.
PREPARING FOR THE ARREST.
While he was arranging his posse IL
was hnally determined to attempt the
arrest OF the assassins on Wtdnes--
day, June 22d, in the daytime,
80 as to prevent any woman,
child or inoffensive citizens from being
killed by accident. Accordingly at an
early hour this morning people living ON
she line OF the railroad within two or
three miles of Morehesd. ON each side of
the town, were notified to stop all trains
and inform the conductors what was
going on in Morehead. SO that passengers
and trains would not be placed in dan
ger. The Sheriff's baad of resolute
men, numbering more than 200. appeared
suddenly at Morehead about s O'clock
this morning. A Gordon was first e.tab-
lished around the entire town in the brush
where the men could not be seen.
The Sheriff then entered the town at the
head OF aboutia hundred well harmed mon.
Craig Tolliver and his followers smme--
diately retreated to the hotel which
they had previously barrica5ed in such
q way as to have quite a f,rmidsble
fortress. Sheriff Hogg then notified
Tolliver that he had warrants for the
arrest OF all the men implicated ia the
killing OF the Logan boys. and asked
them all TO submit peacefully TO arrest
under law.
THE FIGHT BEGINS.
Tolliver's reply was that neither he
nor his men would lie arrested
and that o hundred men could
not take them. His party then opened
fire upon the Sheriff s and the
ShhbS was hept up pfOOaDfy
for two hours. The attacking party,
however, were gradually drawing their
lines closer around Tollivsr's fortifica-
tion, and the besieged party, tinding
things growing too warm, finally con-
cluded to make bold rush for liberty
and fight their way through the Sher-
IFS lines aud take TO the brush, which,
oace reached, would afford them secure
escape; but as they made the rush
they were met by tremen-
dous volley, which killed Craig
Tolliver, Bod Tolliver, Jay Tolliver,
aud Hiram Cooper. Others of the gang
got through safely, but as they ap-
preached the brush they were met by q
volley from the outside Gordon. This
volley wounded Cole Tolliver, a IL year
old boy, and three others, all OF whom
were captured except Cole Tolliver.
Three other slso escaped, but one was
captured afterwsrd and this brought the
battle TO an end.